In Vancouver, it’s a winding maze of power lines and fences that pass behind city hall and overtop the Vancouver General Hospital. The Jewish Sabbath runs from sunset to sunset on Friday and Saturday. Among the 39 different types of work forbidden on the Sabbath, Jews are not allowed to move an item between a private and a public place. However, most Canadian eruvin follow existing fences, walls, power lines, highway sound barriers and, in some cases, coastlines. “She’s crying, she says ‘Wow, I can help the Jewish community by making my fence part of the eruv?

Source: National Post March 07, 2017 13:52 UTC